Conficker worm could be ‘weaponized,’ web security researcher warns November 2, 2009 http://www.mxlogic.com/securitynews/viruses-worms/conficker-worm-could-be-weaponized-web-security-researcher-warns574.cfm In the year since the inception of the Conficker worm, a malicious strain of virus that has infected computers all over the globe, security researchers have tracked its spread to as many as 7 million machines. Although internet security researchers at the …
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Oct
20
CRIME ECONOMY : $30 will buy a one-day DDoS attack now
With botnets everywhere, DDoS attacks get cheaper By Robert McMillan , IDG News Service, October 15, 2009 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/101509-with-botnets-everywhere-ddos-attacks.html?hpg1=bn Cyber-crime just doesn’t pay like it used to. Security researchers say the cost of criminal services such as distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks has dropped in recent months. The reason? Market economics. “The barriers to …